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Spanish (SPANISH)

SPANISH 110      Elementary Spanish I View Details
The goals of this course are an ability to speak and to understand simple (spoken) Spanish as well as to read and write simple prose. Every semester.
Credits: 5 hours
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SPANISH 120      Elementary Spanish II View Details
Continuation of SPANISH 110. Prerequisite(s): Spanish 110 or equivalent. Every semester.
Credits: 5 hours
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SPANISH 211      Second Year Spanish I View Details
Further development of comprehension and communicative skills in the language. Readings of moderate difficulty and grammar review. Practice in writing. The goal is attainment of intermediate proficiency in the language. Prerequisite: SPANISH 120. Every semester.
Credits: 3 hours
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SPANISH 216      Spanish For The Health Sciences View Details
This course will enable the student to converse with Hispanic patients and/or hospital personnel in situations such as admissions, patient care, lab work as ordered by a physician or dentist, emergency room procedures, etc. In addition, medical readings in Spanish will give professional and paraprofessional students an increased vocabulary related to the many fields within the health sciences. This course will satisfy one semester of the A&S language requirement. Prerequisite: one year of college Spanish or its equivalent.
Credits: 3 hours
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SPANISH 221      Second Year Spanish II View Details
Continuation of SPANISH 211. Every semester.
Credits: 3 hours
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SPANISH 250      Commercial Spanish View Details
Business practices in correspondence in the Spanish language; special vocabulary of business, trade, banking and administration. Refinement of grammatical and stylistic skills. Subjects treated include price inquiries, quotations, offers, orders, complaints, administrative, banking and diplomatic correspondence. Prerequisite: SPANISH 221 or equivalent.
Credits: 3 hours
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SPANISH 280      Special Intermediate Spanish Topics I View Details
Instruction of Spanish on the second-year/intermediate level introducing new methods of foreign language teaching or special texts and topics not normally offered through regular courses. May not be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Elementary I and II college-level courses or equivalent. As needed.
Credits: 2-4 hours
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SPANISH 290      Special Intermediate Spanish Topics II View Details
Continuation of SPANISH 280. May not be repeated for credit. As needed.
Credits: 2-4 hours
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SPANISH 301      Introduction To Literary Studies View Details
Emphasis will be placed on the study of literary theory and the philosophical ideas behind the literary movements, their relations and differences. A representative work or works of each genre will be thoroughly studied and analyzed. Critical reports will be written about different features of the literary works under consideration. Strongly recommended for all majors, to be taken before 400-level literature courses. Prerequisite: SPANISH 315
Credits: 3 hours
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SPANISH 315      Intermediate Conversation And Composition I View Details
Grammar review, practice in speaking and writing Spanish; emphasis on idiomatic usage and practical vocabulary. Required for major. Prerequisite: SPANISH 221 or equivalent.
Credits: 3 hours
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SPANISH 325      Intermediate Conversation And Composition II View Details
Continuation of SPANISH 315. Required for major. Prerequisite: SPANISH 315.
Credits: 3 hours
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SPANISH 335      Commercial Spanish View Details
Develops communication skills in contemporary contexts of the Spanish-speaking business world. Subjects include the market, the firm, banking and finance, international trade, nationalism and globalism.
Credits: hours
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SPANISH 350      Continental Spanish Civilization View Details
General cultural characteristics of Spain. Readings from representative literary works.
Credits: 3 hours
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SPANISH 351      Latin American Civilization View Details
Historical development of Latin America. Readings from representative literary works.
Credits: 3 hours
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SPANISH 365      The Search For Mexican Identity View Details
The goal of the course is to familiarize the student with the poignant search for self awareness and definition witnessed in the letters and fine arts of Mexico in the 20th-century. Readings will include works by Vasconcelos, Reyes, Ramos, Paz, Rulfo and Fuentes, and will be complemented by slide presentations of pertinent works by major artists.
Credits: 3 hours
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SPANISH 373      History Of Spanish Literature I View Details
A study of the development of Spanish peninsular literature from the Middle Ages to 1700. Prerequisite: SPANISH 315 & SPANISH 325
Credits: 3 hours
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SPANISH 374      History Of Spanish Literature II View Details
A study of the development of Spanish peninsular literature from 1700 to present. Prerequisite: SPANISH 315 & SPANISH 325
Credits: 3 hours
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SPANISH 380      Special Topics View Details
Treatment of a particular genre or area of literature or language normally not offered through regular courses. May be repeated for credit when the topic changes. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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SPANISH 383      Introduction to Spanish American Literature I View Details
The colonial period. Selected readings in historical and literary material from the time of the conquest to the period of struggle for independence.
Credits: hours
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SPANISH 384      Introduction to Spanish American Literature II View Details
The 19th and 20th-centuries. Selected readings from prose and poetry of Spanish-American writers.
Credits: hours
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